Patents Assigned to Foam Enterprises, Inc.
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Publication number: 20030070374Abstract: A method is provided for sealing and/or insulating a construction surface. Foam is applied to the construction surface followed by insulating material. The foam mechanically couples to the construction surface, and the insulating material mechanically couples to the foam. Alternatively, a structure is provided having a construction surface. A foam layer is adjacent to and mechanically coupled to the construction surface. Insulating material is adjacent to and mechanically coupled to the foam layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2002Publication date: April 17, 2003Applicant: Foam Enterprises, Inc.Inventor: George Sievert
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Patent number: 5804093Abstract: A system for filling a gap between jacket ends at a joint between two lengths of jacketed pipe is disclosed, comprising: a mold and two pairs of side straps encircling the mold. The mold comprises a sheet of material having first and second ends and opposing side edges, the sheet including a pair of slots cut into the side edges at a predetermined distance from the second end and defining a flap. One pair of straps encircles the mold but passes under the flap through the slots. The second pair of straps encircles the mold and passes over the flap. The mold is positioned around a pipe joint so as to define an annular gap and an infill material is placed in the gap.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 1995Date of Patent: September 8, 1998Assignee: Foam Enterprises, Inc.Inventors: Richard L. Wyke, David C. Dressel, James H. McBrien
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Patent number: 5489405Abstract: A pair of concrete coated pipe joints welded together end to end with a gap between the concrete coatings, the gap being filled with a fast setting elastomeric polymeric infill material, either solid or foamed, and a particulate filler material, and a method for molding the infill material with the mold being filled with filler material before the polymer components are injected, and with a membrane lining the mold to prevent the polymer from adhering to the mold.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 1994Date of Patent: February 6, 1996Assignee: Foam Enterprises, Inc.Inventors: Dennis E. Holbert, David C. Dressel, James H. McBrien, Richard L. Wyke
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Patent number: 5458438Abstract: Cylindrical spacers molded in place on a pipe or plurality of pipes to be installed in a casing, the spacers being made of a material which adheres to the pipe but has a low coefficient of friction with the casing, so the spacer will stay in place when the pipe is slid longitudinally in the casing.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 1993Date of Patent: October 17, 1995Assignee: Foam Enterprises, Inc.Inventors: Richard L. Wyke, James H. McBrien
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Patent number: 5328648Abstract: A pair of concrete coated pipe joints welded together end to end with a gap between the concrete coatings, the gap being filled with a fast setting elastomeric polymeric infill material, either solid or foamed, and a particulate filler material, and a method for molding the infill material with the mold being filled with filler material before the polymer components are injected, and with a membrane lining the mold to prevent the polymer from adhering to the mold.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 1991Date of Patent: July 12, 1994Assignee: Foam Enterprises, Inc.Inventors: James H. McBrien, Richard L. Wyke, David C. Dressel
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Patent number: 5294396Abstract: A method for making a protector to prevent galvanic anodes from being accidentally knocked off a pipeline in which a mold having a frusto-conical shape is placed around each end of a segmented anode, with an opening at the top of the mold opposite a gap between anode segments, liquid components of a rapid setting elastomeric polymer are injected into the opening until all of the cavities and the gap are filled, and the polymer is allowed to set up and adhere to the anode and to the pipe.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 1992Date of Patent: March 15, 1994Assignee: Foam Enterprises, Inc.Inventors: David C. Dressel, James H. McBrien, Richard L. Wyke
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Patent number: 5164058Abstract: A protector for a segmented anode encircles a pipeline. The protector includes an elastomeric polymeric structure molded in place at each end of the anode. The structure has the external shape of the frustrum of a cone with the base of the cone encircling the tapered end of the anode. The frustrum terminates at the diameter of the pipeline. The taper is made from a tough, fast setting polymer. In a preferred embodiment the polymer not only forms the molded taper, but fills the space between the anode segments and flows between the anode segments and the pipe. The protector adheres to the pipe as well as to the anode material, provides a corrosion barrier, and bonds the anode segments to the pipe.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 1991Date of Patent: November 17, 1992Assignee: Foam Enterprises, Inc.Inventors: David C. Dressel, James H. McBrien, Richard L. Wyke
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Patent number: 4363610Abstract: An apparatus for making cylindrical polyurethane foam blocks, including an upstanding trough with a weir structure at the upstream end of a fall plate in a molding apparatus, means for passing a first web of a separation sheet below the trough and between a gap formed between the weir and the fall plate leading edge, means for forming the first web into a U-shaped configuration as it advances with the foaming material, and second means for feeding opposite webs of sheet material immediately upstream of the conveyor through molding means for forming the cylindrical block.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 1981Date of Patent: December 14, 1982Assignee: Miller Foam Enterprises, Inc.Inventors: Bruce A. Murray, Peter H. Hasler, Augustin Roth